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Friday Night

Paris, 1995. Laure (Valérie Lemercier) is about to meet friends for dinner to celebrate her moving in with her boyfriend. But on her way out, she discovers that the entire city is stalled by a massive transit strike. When a handsome stranger (Vincent Lindon) offers her a ride, Laure takes a highly charged, impossibly erotic detour.

Posse

A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious criminal. He succeeds, but instead of cheering him, the public turns against him.

Alan Davies: Live at the Lyric

Following his 'Perrier Award' nomination and his 'Festival Critics' award for his sold out season at the Edinburgh Festival, Alan Davies performed his one man show at the Lyric Theatre in the heart of London's West End.

Invoked

A group of young people went on a abandoned hostel in Sligo, Ireland. After they play a really creepy game, all of them disappear.

Bloodline

Sandra's twin sister was brutally murdered by a serial killer when they were children. Fifteen years later Sandra is now a professional journalist whose career is on the fritz. Sandra is given one last shot - an assignment which will prove the toughest of her life. She is sent back to the location of her sister's murder to shoot a behind-the-scenes expose for a hardcore porn flick. There she will be forced to confront the ghosts of her past as a new copycat killer has his sights set on Sandra.

The Big Short

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

Predictions of Fire

A visceral documentary focusing on the Slovenian collective art movement known as NSK ('Neue Slowenische Kunst') and its varied branches: 'Laibach', 'Irwin', and 'Red Pilot'.

Thieves

The main character is a nameless boy (Juan Jose Ballesta) who was taught to steal wallets by his absent mother. He is able to do the trick effortlessly, using his "earnings" to survive while he looks for his mom. As he runs into an antique store owner, he might have found a trace that will lead to her. First, however, he will have to pull off a few "jobs" for the store owner, and he can't do it alone: enter a nameless girl (Maria Valverde) who gets to learn all the secret techniques the young boy has been using all his life.

According to Spencer

According to Spencer, She's the one... Everyone else thinks so too!

The Employment

A man prepares and goes to work in a bizarre world, where the meaning of human workforce is taken to another level.

Shadow Man

An intelligence operative discovers that no one is what they seem in the shadowy world of espionage.

Sleeping Beauty

Feature-length, live-action musical version of the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault.

Everything Must Go

Tony is a homosexual law student who quits his studies. With a van and a handful of cash, he hits the road hoping to become a salesman. This, however, turns out to be harder than he expected.

Calendar Girls

2003 fact-based comedy with Helen Mirren and Julie Walters. Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.

Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman

The sheriff and his deputies from the first movie decide to take a vacation in the Caribbean. Their holiday will be short-lived, however, as the thawed murderer gets inadvertently re-frozen and brought back to life. As if that weren't bad enough, he now has the ability to remain frozen even in tropical temperatures, and he's headed south to settle some old scores.

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